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CHARLES B.- LOVEL-ESS.

Improvement in Apparatus for Carbureting Hydrogen Gas.

Patented june 13, 187i.

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,873, dated .I une13, i871.

'To all whom it may concer-n:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. LovnLnss, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Hydrocarbon-Gas Generators; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to :makeand use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part oi thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a front view oi' my invention; andFig. 2 is a detailed view, enlarged, showing one ot the hydrogen -gasgenerators in section. 4

S imil ar letters of reference in dicate like parts.

This invention relates' to that class'of gasgenerators in which purehydrogen gas is first generated by electro or chemical action and thencarbureted by passing itl through a volatile or light hydrocarbon oil,making axed or non-condensable gas of high'illuminating power 5 andtheinvention consists in the combination of parts as hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, A a is the main gasometer, B is thecarbureter, G is the receptacle or condenser for impurities, and D D arethe hydrogen-gas generators.

The generators D are constructed as follows: The outside vessels Daremade open at the top, and within each is placed a similar vessel. E, oflead, the diameter of which is considerably less than that of theoutside vessel D, so that an' annular chamber is formed between them,which is filled with water, to make a Water-joint for the primary orhydrogen gasorneter d. d.- The lea-den vessels F are lilled with asolution of water and sulphuric acid, the relative proportion beingabout eight parts of Water to one of the acid, and the perforated coppervessels E are suspended in the solutions from the roofs of thegasometers d d, and Within the copper vessels are placed zinc or ironborings, turnings, filings, 85o., and the hydrogen that is set free bythe decomposition of water is collected in the gasouicters d, and is'then carbureted by being Apassed through the carbureter D, While on theWay to the main gasometer A. The copper vessels or baskets E are eachattached to its gasometer d so as to accompany it in its verticalmovements; and the said gasometers are conl nected with the maingasometer A by arms F F and rods or small chains f f, so that when thesupply of gas in A increases the gasometers all lift together, and themetal in E is lifted out of the actuating solution or lowered into. itas the supply decreases, and the gas is generated as required. Thegasometers'd are suspended from opposite sides of the main gasometcr A,so that A shall be balanced and move Without friction or cramping. As anadditional preventive against the cramping of the gasometer it isprovided with a Vertical rod or tube, attached centrally to the coverinside, and working in a larger tube or sleeve secured under the bottomof the condensing chamber. The gasometers d make connection with thecarbureter by means of iiexible tubes g g, so as to allow them to movefreely vertically. The lead cylinders F couiinek the acid to p the partsto be acted upon, and prevent its contact with the parts d D.

Should either generator become inoperative from any cause, its rise andfall will be equalized from the generator Which is in operation bytransfer of gas through the iiexible tubes y .0

gen generators are very accessible, and can be rene-Wed Withoutinterrupting the operation of the apparatus, at any time, by renewingthem one at a time, the whole being self-regulating, and keeping up asteady supply of gas until its contents or generating material requiresa renewal. I am aware of the patent granted to Amos Stevens, November30,1869; but do not claim any part of his invention. y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The combination of generators D d D d, connections f, rigid arms F, anda gasonieter,

' A, the generators d d being connected with the carbureter by means offlexible tubes g' g', all

arranged and operating substantially as described, for the purposespecified.

The above specification of my invention signed by ine this 14th day ofNovember, 1870.

C. B. LOVELESS.

Viitnesses WM. J. Denen, F. A. MORLEY.

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